Patient and Family Support

Life with Cancer offers seminars, support groups, individual and family counseling and nursing consultations, to provide assistance in times of crisis, and information about specific cancers. Our goal is to help people get the information and support they need to cope with cancer and its treatments in the best way possible.

Life with Cancer's Licensed Clinical Social Workers offer short-term counseling to individuals, couples and families as they meet the challenges of their cancer journey. Many patients or their families seek support for adjusting to life with cancer, stress reduction, relationship issues, decision making, end-of-life, survivorship and/or grief work. Short-term counseling is offered at the Life with Cancer Family Center and several hospital settings. For counseling appointments or nurse consultations, call 703-206-5433; for classes and groups, register online.

Survivors Offering Support (SOS)

Whether you’re facing breast cancer and could benefit from the help of a mentor or you are a breast cancer survivor and can offer help to another, SOS is for you. Newly diagnosed? SOS lets you share the breast cancer journey with someone who has experienced your situation first hand. A diagnosis of breast cancer can be overwhelming, but we are here to help. Mentors, all breast cancer survivors themselves, are specially trained to provide knowledge, support, encouragement and a shoulder to lean on. With SOS, you are never alone. Download / print the mentor request form (pdf). Want to be a mentor? SOS mentors provide emotional and informational support to newly diagnosed breast cancer patients through peer mentoring.
Contact: Pamela Crum, Coordinatorpamela.crum@inova.org 703-698-2532
Life with Cancer
8411 Pennell Street
Fairfax, VA 22031